I have a question regarding material. Should the work be completely original or can it be a rendering of an existing character such as a comic book character? Forgive me if I didn't understand your answer to a previous question, are the 2d entries competing against the 3d?

haydn104: There are four winners total... In other words, all four winners could be 2D, or two winners from 2D and two winners from 3D, etc. Regarding the images, it is best for them to be original work.

Well, we're talking about the DVD's and autodidactics who search for knowlege, not the Gnomon school itself.

And if you can show me one good pay tutorial site or even a number of tutorials on pay sites that has all the info that's just in one Gnomon DVD, I'll paypal you the money to buy a month's membership, or enough to buy some tutorials.

This caliber of info isn't on the internet. If it was, The Gnomon Workshop wouldn't be in business, and doing as good as they are.

***Gnomon is not "only a 3d visual effects" school. I'm Studying interior& environmental design for 4 years and I learnt more than the 4 years' experience from Scott Robertson's 2 DVDs. These ppl don't only teach the usage of programs or designing they give u SOUL !!

***Gnomon is not "only a 3d visual effects" school. I'm Studying interior& environmental design for 4 years and I learnt more than the 4 years' experience from Scott Robertson's 2 DVDs. These ppl don't only teach the usage of programs or designing they give u SOUL !!

Yes. I am going to buy Scott Robertson's DVD's as well.

"The Techniques of Feng Zhu Volume 3: The Fundamentals of Shot Design for Environments" is a DVD has Painter listed as the "program used". If I was only looking for computer application tutalage, I wouldn't buy this DVD because I use Photoshop. But since I know that all of Gnomon's DVD go far beyond the "click here do that", I am going to buy this DVD to further my dream of matte painting and concept art.

Online tutorials give you an understanding of "how" but typically not "why". All of the DVD's I've purchased have explained methodology and concept.

Methods and concepts can be applied to other trades. I certainly have applied what I've learned from my DVD's to help out my day-job as a web-designer.

"The Techniques of Feng Zhu Volume 3: The Fundamentals of Shot Design for Environments" is a DVD has Painter listed as the "program used". If I was only looking for computer application tutalage, I wouldn't buy this DVD because I use Photoshop. But since I know that all of Gnomon's DVD go far beyond the "click here do that", I am going to buy this DVD to further my dream of matte painting and concept art.

Online tutorials give you an understanding of "how" but typically not "why". All of the DVD's I've purchased have explained methodology and concept.

Methods and concepts can be applied to other trades. I certainly have applied what I've learned from my DVD's to help out my day-job as a web-designer.